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HARRY D. STEARNS, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

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Appncatioa'mea January 11, 1922.. serial No. 528,526.

7o all w/wmz't may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY D. Swimmers, I

a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city and county ofSan Francisco, 5 State of California, have invented new and usefullmprovements in Display and Serving Racks, of which the following isaspecification. Y 'n My invention is primarily for the purpose XU ofdisplaying and serving purchasers of?V small articles and isparticularly'adapted to the marketing of package goods such as cereals,canned goods, etc., as in groceries. Onev of the objects ofi-myinvention isa plut? rality of adjustable shelves compactly arranged andwith partitions or subdivisions, to keep separate a number of differentarticles so that any purchaser passing in front of the rack will 'havebefore him, on display,

scribed and madeV collapsible for readyy transportation and one that maybe quickly assembled into a rigid substantial structure. il A furtherobject is la rack as described wherein the shelves and partitions arereadily adjustable to suit'the various ysizes of package goods ormerchandisewhich itis intended'to carry, and one therefore that l 7 isadapted to the daily and varying requirements of the merchant.

Other objects will appear from the drawings and specicationswhichfollow.

By referring to the accompanying drawings my invention will be madeclear.

Fig. 1 illustrates a side view of one form of my rack.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the rack of E ig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan cross section of Fig. 1 on the line Ill-IH thereoffFig. a is a detail of the front corner of one of the shelves and showingthe arrangement of the adjustable partition member thereon inperspective.

Fig. is a section through one of theV shelves showing the manner ofsecuring the partition in place. Y

Fig. 6 is a detail of one of the rear cor-k ners of one of the shelvesin perspective.

Fig. 7 is a detail of one of the front corner braekets with the shelfyresting-'thereon shown in section. l

Fig. 8 is a section of one ofthe corner posts of, Fig.` 1 onr the lineVIH- VIH thereof but with the shelf removed. The bracket in this figurebeing at right 'angles to the bracketshowing of-Fig? f Fig.j9 isaVdetail perspective view of one,`l

of the frontcoriiersV of' one of the shelves showing the arrangementofthe supporting' angle iron and the rrecess for the bracket pivot ofFig. 8. Y l

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary vertical vperspective of one of the supportingcorner members showing the'braoket supporting strip in place therein andindicating the manner of locking the supporting corner members togetherindependent of the shelv- 1I1g, I.

Fig. l1 is a detail of oneend of one of the cross supports by which thecorner members are locked together independent of the shelving. Y Y j, jj.

Throughout the figures similar numerals refer to identical parts. f. H

My rack consists primarily of four or morecorner'members indicated bythe numerals l, 2, 3, 4L.k The front members 1, e, are preferablyinclined inward from` the vertical. These members are interconnected attheir tops and bottoms by suitable cross struts andbraces ais-5,6,and'each maybe fitted to the corner members with anyconV ventional formof fastening. VI have found the hook having the taper'side 7 adaptedV toengage over the cross piece 8 well adapted for the members 5, 6, and forthe corre# sponding members at right angles thereto and across the frontand back of the rack, the said hook 7 may be passed through a recess 9to lock the brace inplace. Yllithin each of the corner members I rivetorotherwise secure a strip 1() punched withk a plurality of openings as 1lspaced close to-r gether for thev purpose. of forming a seat for anyadjustable position of the tongue y12 of the corner bracket 13. The saidtongue 12 it will be -understoodis adapted to fit into .any ofthe'recesses as l1 and then by tightening the screw 14 against themember l the tongue 12 is held in the` recess 11 and they bracket 13thus securely fixed against any vertical movement The bracket 13 hasmountedy thereon a pivot or supporting piece of varying dimensions tosuit the tastes and individual requirements of a merchant. Referringparticularly to Figs. 4:, 5, showing a portion ofthe shelf 17 in detailit will bel seen that the shelves are provided onk their fronts with anup elatcndingledge 19 .which'is recessed for the passage ofaconventional form of stud or other suitable holding means 30 by whichthe partition 18 may be held in any adjusted horizontal position andclamped therein by the thumb nut 31` against the 'cooperating slot 20 inthe upwardly projecting portion 19 of the shelf 17.

The shelves are preferably provided with a supporting strut 2l which Ihave shown as made of an angle iron and one of the legs ofl this angleiron is partly cut away aft 22 leavinga. small portion projectingndownward as shown at 25 which locks on to the pivot 15 and over theiiange 16. The other leg 24 of the angle iron is riveted to the shelf17. lt is to be understood that both of the front corners of each of theshelves is provided with recesses 22 and the proj ecti ing ledge 25 sothat the front of each of the shelves is supported on correspondingpivots 15 of the brackets 13 suitably spaced and xed upon the cornermembers l and and with similar brackets mounted upon the corner members2 and 3 for supporting' the rear portion of each of the shelves. t therear corners of the shelves the supporting angles 21 are correspondinglycut away but over a longer distance so that the bracket pivots 15extending inward from the corner members 2 and 3 may engagev in anyportion of the space from the dotted position 26 to the dotted position27, and the position which these latter pivots will occupy will bedependent upon the slope of theshelf and the'position of the shelf inthe rack, whereas the pivots at the front of the shelf will alwaysoccupy the dotted position 28 of Fig. 4.

It will now be seen that any of the shelves may be placed in anyposition vertically and at 'any angle desired and `goods plaeedtiiereonwill slide down against the front uprisA ing ledge or plate 19 and maybe easily abstracted from the front of the rack and as these Vareabstracted they may be replaced by others from the rear of the rackwhich will likewise slide down the shelves and againstlthe front ledgei.y

The portions 18 may be placed to suit im merchandise and a variety ofdifferently shaped and sized packages each lbe confined yin its owncompartment between said partitions and be displayed upon a slielfinposition readily available .to purchasers passing in front of the rack.

When merchandise of different character is to be displayed the shelvingor the partition members 18 may be readjusted to suit the requirementsand in this way the greatest quantity and variety of merchandise is atall times on display and offered to serve intending purchasers within aminimum of space.

I claim: n

A display and servingi'ack comprisingl a plurality of supportingmembersand means for locking said members in spaced relation, each memberprovided with a plurality of recesses, a corner bracket for each memberHARRY D. srEiiaNs.

